{"id":417166,"date":"2025-09-12T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417166\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:57:17","slug":"sk-brann-1-0-man-utd-womens-champions-league-qualifier-sees-marc-skinners-side-needing-to-win-return-leg-to-qualify-for-league-phase-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417166\/","title":{"rendered":"SK Brann 1-0 Man Utd: Women’s Champions League qualifier sees Marc Skinner’s side needing to win return leg to qualify for league phase | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United’s bid to reach the Women’s Champions League group stage has been dealt a blow following a 1-0 third-round qualifying first-leg defeat against Brann. <\/p>\n

Marc Skinner’s side dominated the fixture in Norway only for Ingrid Stenevik to score the only goal of the game with 14 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

The defeat means United must win the return rubber at Leigh Sports Village in a week’s time by at least two goals to guarantee they are in the pot for the league-phase draw.<\/p>\n

Defeat added insult to injury for Skinner’s side, <\/strong>who had been hit by a missing bag of boots en route to the match in Bergen earlier on Thursday.<\/p>\n

A number of first-team players were left without footwear for the tie – and despite their best efforts, the club have still not been able to locate the missing boots.<\/p>\n

“In the meantime, we have secured new boots of the right make and sizes for all the affected players, and they are ready to participate in tonight’s game as normal,” a club spokesperson said ahead of the game, as per Reuters.<\/p>\n

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\n Jess Park made her first start for her new side since moving from Manchester City on Transfer Deadline Day last week<\/p>\n

Brann goalkeeper Selma Panengstuen was the thorn in United’s side as she pulled off a string of fine saves.<\/p>\n

In the opening period, Ella Toone saw two efforts denied by Panengstuen, while Elisabeth Terland headed wide on two occasions.<\/p>\n

After the interval, Panengstuen stopped Dominique Janssen and then Melvine Malard with a strong double save.<\/p>\n

And in the 76th minute, United fell behind when Stenevik headed home Signe Gaupset’s free-kick.<\/p>\n

The visitors pushed for an equaliser with the inspired Panengstuen denying Toone again as Brann held out to record a slender first-leg victory.<\/p>\n

United will drop into the second qualifying round of the Europa Cup if they fail to progress from the tie.<\/p>\n

Skinner’s players, who recorded a 4-0 win against Leicester in their Women’s Super League opener last weekend, return to action against the London City Lionesses on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United’s bid to reach the Women’s Champions League group stage has been dealt a blow following a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-417166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115188612788716004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}